The book spy / Alan Hlad.

By:

Hlad, Alan [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York, NY : John Scognamiglio Books, Kensington Publishing Corp., [2023]Description: 376 pages ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781496738547
1496738543

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

813/.6 23/eng/20221208

LOC classification:

PS3608.L33 B66 2023

Summary: 1942: With the war's outcome hanging in the balance, President Roosevelt sends an unlikely new taskforce on a unique mission. They are librarians and microfilm specialists trained in espionage, working with a special branch of the Office of Strategic Services. By acquiring and scouring Axis newspapers, books, technical manuals, and periodicals, the librarians can gather information about troop location, weaponry, and military plans. Maria Alves, a microfilm expert working at the New York Public Library, is dispatched to Lisbon, where she meticulously photographs publications and sends the film to London to be analyzed. Working in tandem with Tiago Soares, a Portuguese bookstore owner on a precarious mission of his own-- providing Jewish refugees with forged passports and visas-- Maria acquires vital information, including a directory of arms factories in Germany.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Fiction	West Grey Durham Branch Shelves	Fiction	FIC HLA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	10/11/2024	33321003249332

Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 370-371)

1942: With the war's outcome hanging in the balance, President Roosevelt sends an unlikely new taskforce on a unique mission. They are librarians and microfilm specialists trained in espionage, working with a special branch of the Office of Strategic Services. By acquiring and scouring Axis newspapers, books, technical manuals, and periodicals, the librarians can gather information about troop location, weaponry, and military plans. Maria Alves, a microfilm expert working at the New York Public Library, is dispatched to Lisbon, where she meticulously photographs publications and sends the film to London to be analyzed. Working in tandem with Tiago Soares, a Portuguese bookstore owner on a precarious mission of his own-- providing Jewish refugees with forged passports and visas-- Maria acquires vital information, including a directory of arms factories in Germany.

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